Wagon-bolster attachment.



PATENTED MAR. 21,1905.

APPLICATION FILED 00119, 1ao4-.

J A GOODWIN WAGON BOLSTER ATTACHMENT.

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Httbrnegs Witnesses tain novel features of construction, as herein- JAMES A. GOODWIN,

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WAGON-BOLSTER ATTACHMENT.

Patented March 21, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

OF SAN AUGUSTINE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- SAN AUGUSTINE, TEXAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,609, dated March 21, 1905.

Application filed October 19, 1904. Serial No. 229,186.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES A. GooDwIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Augustine, in the county of San Augustine and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Log-Wagon-Bolster Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for log-wagons for supporting the logs thereon, and has for its object to provide a simply-constructed and easily applied and operated device for attachment to the bolsters and adjustable thereon and easily and quickly detached therefrom when not required and by means of which the logs may be supported from lateral movement.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in cerafter fully described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a wagon-bolster with the improvement applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective vie w of one of the adjustable chock-blocks.

The improved device is employed upon vehicles used for hauling logs and similarshaped' articles and for the purpose of illustration is shown applied to a conventional form of bolster 10, mounted upon an axle and with the usual reach and hounds, which are shown in part, respectively, at 11 12 13. The bolster is provided with a plurality of spaced transverse apertures 14, disposed upon opposite sides of the center and reversely inclined to the longitudinal plane of the bolster, said apl ertures being adapted to receive bars 15 16, conforming in outline to the apertures and having transverse apertures 17 17 in their protruding ends. Slidably disposed upon the upper surface of the bolster are two chock-blocks 18 19, the latter being inclined upon their adjacent faces and provided, respectively, with links 20 21 and 22 23, pivoted, as at 2 1, 25, 26, and 27, to the opposite sides of the blocks, each link thus swinging independently upon its respective block. The links terminate in hooks for detachable engagement with the perforations in the bars 15 16, as shown. By this simple means the blocks may be adjustably connected to the bolster at any required point within the range of the apertures 1 1 to adapt the vehicle to the sizes or numbers of the logs or other articles to be transported, as will be obvious. When either of the blocks is not in use, one of the links thereof may be readily detached and the block permitted to hang down alongside of the bolster and be supported by the other link, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

By inclining the apertures 14 reversely to the longitudinal plane of the bolster the strains are applied constantly against the longitudinal axis of the bars 15 16, thus utilizing the entire length of the latter and materially increasing the strength without adding to the expense or increasing the weight.

The device is simple in construction, easily applied and operated, and will be found very useful and convenient for the purposes specified.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. The combination with a wagon-bolster having a plurality of spaced transverse apertures disposed upon each side of the center of the bolster and reversely inclined to the longitudinal plane of the latter, of bars detachably engaging said apertures and provided with end perforations, chock-blocks bearing upon the bolster, and links pivoted to the chock blocks and provided with terminal hooks for engagement with the perforations in said bars.

2. The combination with a Wagon-bolster provided With a plurality of spaced transverse In testimony that I claim the foregoing as apertures. of bars engaging said apertures and my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in I having their protil'iucgingl engs provided Wilth the presence of two Witnesses.

a perforations, choc 100 s earing upon t1e 5 bolster,andindependently-swinginglinkspiv- JAMES GOODWIN' oted to said chock-blocks and provided with Witnesses: terminal hooks adapted to detachably engage J. L. THOMAS, the perforations in said bars. ED SAUNDERS. 

